Hi, Please see http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/#checking-on-the-existing-data---id and it's following section about buildings and huts.
Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ ([email protected]) On 30 Apr 2015 08:50, "super abnormal" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > 1) Big question: > > There are a lot of round structures in rural Nepal. Some are solid two > story houses, others are more like shelters for those working in fields to > rest in during the heat of the day. Others look like haystacks or storage > structures. However, I'm not seeing many round buildings marked on squares > i've looked at. Have others come across this too? > > I've been ommitting them since nobody else I could see was including them > - but I'm starting to realise others' examples not necessarily the best > things to follow(!) Should we mark them as building=hut to seperate them > from those that are clearly houses? The verify wiki page has similar > looking round structures to what i refer - but what about when they are in > the middle of a field/hill-side? > > 2) Some smaller points, that could be added to instructions at start - or > tips that could be sent out via @hotosm twitter feed: > > - if you're newish to osm, don't verify (leave that to those who've been > doing it longer) > - zoom in close for tracing buildings (e.g. till 50ft shows on scale > bottom left of screen on iD editor) > - watch out for building hidden under the residential area lines or lines > where people have marked forests > - (should we be marking forests?) > - toggle layers on/off to see what things you might be missing > - what to do when features traverse adjacent squares? (finish the first > one then check out the second one and join them up is what i've been doing) > > 3) Last but not least --- can we point new mappers to one or more > perfectly mapped and verified beautiful example square(s) somewhere? > Quickest way to get up to speed on specific hot needs would be to follow a > really good example and refer back to it to check when we need to. > > Ok, back to editing… > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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